Frederick Elliott

Frederick Elliott was a Bureau of Prohibition supervisor during Prohibition.

Biography
Frederick Elliott was a senior Bureau of Prohibition agent, and he oversaw the induction of the first class of agents in January 1920. Elliott became the supervisor of agents Nelson Van Alden and Eric Sebso, overseeing the efforts to end bootlegging in New Jersey, especially in Atlantic City. Elliott saw Van Alden as a fine agent, but he disapproved of his obsession over the Irish widow Margaret Schroeder, as well as his theory that Atlantic County Treasurer Enoch Thompson was a bootlegger. Elliott would become a corrupt agent after Van Alden's forced departure in 1921, and Elliott and Stan Sawicki were both in Thompson's pockets by 1924. That year, Agent James Tolliver discovered Elliott's corruption while working undercover as Prohibition agent "Warren Knox", and he brought forth this evidence to J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI. Elliott was forced into retirement as a result of his actions.